A chronological history of GrassRoots activities concerning H. 3528

H. 3528: A bill to restrict the release of the list of CWP permit holders to only if demanded by an official law enforcement investigation, court order, or subpoena.
Principles Involved: The privacy rights of CWP holders should be honored.
GrassRoots Position: GrassRoots strongly supports this bill.
Current Status: In Senate Judiciary subcommittee.
Primary Sponsor: M. A. Pitts
Full Text: http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3528.htm

Feb. 14, 2007 House Introduced and read first time.
Feb. 14, 2007 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
Apr. 26, 2007 Unanimously given a favorable recommendation by the House Judiciary General Laws subcommittee.
May 22, 2007 Senate Introduced and read first time.
May 22, 2007 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
May 25, 2007 Senate Referred to Judiciary Subcommittee.
Feb. 27, 2008 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
Feb. 28, 2008 Senate Committee Amendment Adopted. Senate Read second time
Mar. 6, 2008 Senate Read third time and returned to House with amendments
Mar. 25, 2008 House Senate amendment amended, Returned to Senate with amendments
Mar. 27, 2008 Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
Apr. 16, 2008 Signed By Governor


April 16th, 2008:

Governor Sanford signed H. 3528 into law.


March 27th, 2008:

The Senate concurred with the House amendment to H. 3528 and sent the bill to the Governor for his signature.


March 25th, 2008:

The House amended the Senate's version of H. 3528 and returned it to the Senate. The Senate version would have required SLED to publish names of former CWP holders who simply chose to give up their permit for various reasons, yet were not prohibited from possessing a firearm. The House version corrected this error, permitting the release of names of persons who no longer possessed a CWP permit only if they were now a prohibited person under Section 23-31-215(J)(1).


February 26th, 2008:

The Senate Judiciary Committee met to discuss H. 3528. GrassRoots was there to monitor the debate. The bill was amended to require SLED to produce annual CWP statistics including the number of total permits out, number of permits renewed, number of permits applied for, number of permit applications approved, number of permit applications denied, number of permits revoked/suspended. H. 3528 was also amended to require anyone who has already obtained a CWP list from SLED to destroy it once this bill becomes law. The bill was unanimously voted "favorable with amendment" and sent to the full Senate.


May 8th, 2007:

GrassRoots leaders attended a meeting of the full House Judiciary committee to support H.3528. GrassRoots faxed this letter to each member of the House Judiciary committee.


April 26th, 2007:

Spoke at House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee in favor of H.3528. GrassRoots faxed this letter to the members of the House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee. Subcommittee voted unanimously to send the bill back to the full Judiciary Committee with a favorable report.


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